| Perm ID | Sage ID | JSS ID | Unit | Location | Early Equip. |
Final Equip. |
Oper. Date |
Inact. Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM-164 | Z-164 | 866 | Tonopah AFS (SAGE), NV | FPS-7C; FPS-90 (2) | FPS-7C; FPS-90 | June 1961 * | 30-Sep-70 | * SAGE radar site for 866th Radar Squadron; earlier AC&W Squadron manually operated radar at a site near town. After site closure, a radome at the GATR site housed a Soviet radar called ''BARLOCK'' used during RED FLAG training exercises. | |
| SM-164A | Beatty, NV ** | (FPS-18 planned) | Gap-Filler Annex. ** In early ADC plans, but never was built. Site *might* then have been transferred to NASA and became the Beatty Radar Tracking Station, located atop Springdale Mountain (north of town). The 1955 CONAD History document lists site SM-164A as Goldfield, NV. | ||||||
| SM-164A | Goldfield, NV ** | FPS-14 planned | Gap-Filler Annex. ** In early ADC plans, but never was built. Other sources list site SM-164A as Beatty, NV. | ||||||
| SM-164B | Coaldale, NV ** | (FPS-14 planned) | Gap-Filler Annex. ** In early ADC plans, but never was built | ||||||
| SM-164C | Oasis, CA ** | ** Gap-Filler Annex. In original ADC plans, but never was built | |||||||
| SM-164D | Bishop, CA ** | (FPS-14 first planned, then FPS-18) | Gap-Filler Annex. ** In early ADC plans, but never was built. |
Current Use: FAA still uses the old search-radar tower to house secondary radar (i.e., beacon / SIF).
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